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What is NIC-Internet Costa Rica?

In Costa Rica the top domain is ccTLD .cr. however there are several second and third level domains available as well.

Second level domain names

A second level domain name will appear as follows "mycompany.cr". This category is available for any sector or person whether academic, industrial, educational, financial, governmental, individual, organizational or health.

Third level domains

The categories available for the third level domain name registration are:

• ac.cr: For the academic sector; such as colleges, universities, research centers, and other organizations with academic objectives and/or research.
• co.cr: For legal entities and individual within the industry sector or any other area.
• ed.cr: For the educational sector; such as pre-school, elementary schools, high schools, pre-college institutes, and other educational organizations certified by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Costa Rica.
• fi.cr: For the Republic of Costa Rica financial entities regulated and authorized by the CONASSIF (National Council of Financial Supervision).
• go.cr: For government and executive officers of the Republic of Costa Rica.
• or.cr: For voluntary groups and non-governmental associations.
• sa.cr: For health organizations authorized by the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Costa Rican Social Security System) and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Costa Rica.